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M i w Nrrn , STATES WILLARD FILLMORE BLAKE, OF-MARTINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JOHN S. BOWERS, OF SAME PLACE.

FREIGHT-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,631, dated March 15, 1898.

Application filed September 9, 1897. Serial No. 651,093. (No model.)

T at whom, it may concern..-

Be it known that I, MILLARD FILLMORE BLAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Martinsburg, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvem ents in Freight- Oars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken.

- through the body of the car and showing the position the grain-doors and the end inclines and flaps are in when the car is used for the transportation of grain. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the doors and inclines elevated to adapt the car for the transportation of other character of freight; and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View through one of the sides of the car, taken through the doorway.

In said drawings, 1 denotes the body of a box-car. 2 denotes the hinged floor, and 3 the mechanism for lowering the sections of the flooring to discharge the car of its contents. These parts may be of any well-known construction, but are identical in the present instance with the corresponding parts shown and described in Letters Patent No. 567,019, granted to me September 1, 1896, and a further description of the same will notbe deemed necessary, as they form no part of my present invention.

A represents the grain-doors, one being in each side of the car-body near each end. These doors have eyes B, which are hung upon vertical hanger-rods O, secured to the inner sides of the car-body at the edge of the doorway, so that when not in use the doors may be elevated and swung back and held in this position out of the way by means of hooks D, engaging pins cl. The lower edge of each door is provided with a flexible strip E, which when the door is closed lies upon the bottom of the floor and prevents the escape of grain between the sill and the lower edge of the door.

At each end of the caris an incline G, which extends downwardly and has its lower edge in close proximity to the door-sill to feed the grain close up to the doorway through which it is to be removed. The upper ends of these inclines are provided with eyes H, which are hung upon transverse rods E, secured at each end of the car-body, so that whenthe car is not in use for transporting grain these inclines may be swung up and secured by hooks F, thus enlarging the capacity of the car.

Each incline G has secured above its upper edge to the end of the car a stiff flap, preferably made of rubber and fabric, and when the car is filled with grain these flaps K lie upon the grain, and, while incidentally protecting the same from dampness from the roof at the ends of the car, have for their main object the pressing of the grain downward, so that when it is removed either through the doors of the car or through the hinged bottom none will stick or accumulate upon the inclines, thus enabling a car to be completely emptied of its contents.

From'the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring further explanation.

A car built on these lines will answer as an ordinary box-car, an ordinary dumping-car for carrying coal, stone, &c., or as agrain-car, and is very efficient in either of the three uses named.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relative arrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire to be confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made as clearly fall within the scope of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a dumping-car, the combination with inclines arranged at the ends of the car, of stiif flaps secured above the upper edges of the inclines and adapted to lie upon the grain contained in the car to protect the same from inclemencies of the weather and force it off 15 the inclines when the car is being unloaded, substantially as set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MILLARD FILLMORE BLAKE.

Witnesses:

A. R. HAGEY, J. E. GLAPPER- 

